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  1. What's inside a quark? | Questions | Naked Scientists

    Sep 10, 2019 · If you could break open a quark, what would you find inside?

  2. Login | Naked Science Forum

    Login Owing to excessive bot scraping activity, we are currently restricting access to the forum to registered members only. If you are not currently a member, it is easy to join, however, via the …

  3. Finding the God Equation | Podcasts | Naked Scientists

    May 26, 2021 · What is the symmetry? Four dimensional rotations in Lorentz space. Now let's take a look at the quark model. The quark model, which is a model for the inside of the proton, has three …

  4. Tetraquarks: new configurations of subatomic particles discovered

    Mar 16, 2021 · Researchers using the Large Hadron Collider at CERN say they’ve recently discovered a new exotic form of subatomic particles called tetraquarks. They exist for just fractions of a second, so …

  5. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) | Science Features

    Dec 1, 2009 · The nucleus itself is made up of smaller particles, protons and neutrons, which in turn are made up of the 1st generation quarks - the up quark and the down quark. The electron-neutrino is a …

  6. Spin and antimatter | Interviews - The Naked Scientists

    Mar 31, 2014 · And the charge of a quark comes in multiples of a third of the charge of the electron. So, there are other examples of theories where you get a precise mathematical relation between the …

  7. Do the seeds in our diet actually benefit us? | Science Questions

    Nov 24, 2023 · James - I'm delighted to be joined by nutritionist Sarah Berry who's going to help us answer this question. Fraser is right, isn't he? Seeds can pass through our digestive system without …

  8. Why don't microwaves spark off themselves? | Science Questions

    Jan 7, 2014 · Dave - It's a very good question. So, the reason why metal sparks in a microwave is that the way a microwave cooks is it essentially applies a very rapidly changing electric field inside the …

  9. How much wheat to make a loaf of bread? | Science Questions

    Jul 20, 2015 · Andrew - Whol meal flour is what you get when you grind up whole grains of wheat and take nothing out. To make white flour, you lose about 25 per cent of the original grain, mostly the …

  10. Stress and the Scientist | Science Features

    Mar 28, 2006 · This article illustrates the kind of scientist you might encounter in a lab. Understanding how your colleagues think and behave is useful. There is also a strong possibility you may recognise …